This year’s hurricane season is going to be strong and slightly above the average, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced in its 2018 Atlantic hurricane season forecast.&nbsp;

A tropical weather system is forming before the official start of hurricane season, bringing rainy weather for the holiday weekend.

The Yemeni island of Socotra has been pounded by Cyclone Mekunu, which is on a path to strike Oman this weekend.

The famed volcano's eruption led to evacuations.

Forecasters say the Central Pacific could see anywhere from three to six hurricanes this year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Central Pacific Hurricane Center released its prediction Wednesday for the next six months. That would be an increase over the two named storms last year. An average season generally sees three to five hurricanes.

<p>Rivers are drying up, popular mountain recreation spots are closing and water restrictions are in full swing as a persistent drought intensifies its grip on pockets of the American Southwest.</p>

The gushes of lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano are a mesmerizing sight. Here's how Jordan Guzzardo braves danger to film them live.

A damp and dreary Memorial Day weekend is forecast for folks along the Gulf Coast and in the Southeast, thanks to a slow-moving weather system. The National Hurricane Center said there's a 40% chance of the system becoming a named tropical or subtropical storm.

Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is still groaning, and now it's spewing molten-hot acid, steam, and glass into the ocean. It's a deadly dangerous concoction called laze. Take a look.

<p>Hotter than average temperatures have killed at least 65 people in just three days in Karachi, Pakistan.</p>

<p>Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano is pouring into the sea and setting off a chemical reaction that creates giant clouds of acid and fine glass.</p>

Lack of rainfall and above-average temperatures are prolonging the drought conditions that have stressed crops and rangelands and placed new pressures on groundwater sources in the Southern Plains. New Mexico State Climatologist Dave Dubois said Monday that while some parts of the Texas Panhandle and southwestern Oklahoma have received plentiful precipitation in recent days, other areas of those states plus New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas have experienced only spotty precipitation since October.

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Heavy rain and lightning strikes across Sri Lanka have left at least seven people and displaced more than 1,000. Disaster Management Center officials said Monday that lightning killed six people and a landslide killed another. Many parts of the country have been experiencing heavy rains since Sunday, prompting the government to issue landslide warnings for five districts. The meteorology department has also warned of thundershowers with strong winds.

Lava from the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii is causing an increase in brush fires. CNN's Stephanie Elam reports.

Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano is seen in images taken from space.

In every single month after February 1985, the average global temperature has been warmer than normal.

<p>As tourist activity increases in the southwestern United States, so will the threat for wildfires into the upcoming weekend.</p>

The 27 best photos from this week in weather.

<p>As the hurricane season in the U.S. starts on June 1, let’s take a look at some of the deadliest hurricanes that have struck the country in the past.</p>

The new U.S. National Hurricane Center director says the hurricane season beginning June 1 could be busy or not, but if there's just one hurricane on Earth and it hits Florida, then it's a busy season. That's why Ken Graham says they've got to prepare every year as if we'll get hit. Preparing the public to better understand forecasts is key: He says a big storm's track, size and intensity is more important than its category on the wind-speed scale.

A rare tornado hit a populated area in western Germany, leaving a trail of destruction in the area west of Duesseldorf and injuring at least two people, officials said on Thursday.

Banned chemicals which can cause holes in the ozone layer are on the rise, according to a new report, and no one knows who the culprit is.